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UNIVERSITY DAILY KANSAN
Friday, December 1, 1967
Will start at center
Nash anxious for opener
By Pam Peck
Kansan Staff Reporter
There's a world of difference between junior college and college basketball, and Dave Nash, 6-10 Dallas Baptist Junior College transfer, will testify to that fact.
Nash, who will start at center when the Jayhawks take to the court against Utah State Saturday, said he can hardly wait until the season starts.
The 20-year-old St. Louis, Mo., physical education major said "concentration on what's taking place," is the biggest difference he has found between juco and major college ball. He said one of his greatest problems is learning defense, "the individual type," which is not stressed as much in junior college ball
Goal is to improve
"My goal is to develop myself to my potential and to be at my best," he said. "I need to improve in every phase."
During the 1967-68 season, Nash will have the opportunity to play against centers like Westley Unseld of Louisville, Don Sidle of Oklahoma, Iowa State's Don Smith, and Nick Pino, an improved star at Kansas State.
"They'll be ready for me, and boy, don't I know it," said Nash, who averaged 17 points per game as a freshman and 20 as a sophomore.
As a freshman, he led Dallas Baptist to a sixth place finish in the National Junior College Basketball Tournament in Hutchinson.
"Winning is the most important thing to me, and our team has great potential and great attitude," Nash said.
Another thing that will be different to Nash this season is the size of game crowds. The largest crowd he has played before was 8,000 at the national juco tourney. He said he'll be a little tense when he starts in Allen Field House, which holds 17,000, but, "it won't take long to adjust."
Eleven gymnasts travel to Chicago
Eleven KU gymnasts will compete Saturday in the Midwest Open gymnastics meet in Chicago.
Participants in the meet must have scored better than 8.5 this year in their particular event.
Representing KU will be Steve Mitchell, Stan Clyne, Robert Pierson, Craig Simmons, Jim Gillispie, Terry Hall, John Brouillette, Gerry Denk, Steve Pyle, Wayne Dick andixon Rachel Hemphill.
Nash scored 16 points and grabbed six rebounds in the varsity-freshman game Monday.
Coach Ted Owens said of Nash's performance in the game, "His short suit is defense and he has to learn to feed better off the post. He also reverted to his old habit of shooting fade - away jumpers. But he will go for the basket with the ball and this is good."
The flashy center, who said the majority of his 1,067 junior college points were scored with fade-aways, readily admits this is a bad habit.
"The fade-away shot is a disadvantage to rebounders if the shot is missed," Nash said.
Dunk ruling will hurt
The new NCAA ruling which eliminates dunk shots will hurt, Nash said. Nash likes the dunk and believes the pause that the player must now be sure to make before shooting will give the defender more time to cover the play.
Unlike most college athletes, Nash had no high school basketball experience. At first he wasn't interested in the sport. As a junior he spent part of a semester in Chicago. When he returned to Vashon High School in St. Louis, he checked into the basketball program and found he would have to wait a year to become eligible. By that time we would be graduating.
Vashon coaches, Jodie Bailey, Earl Beach and George Cross encouraged Nash to keep practicing. He led his church league team to the city championship, and competed against several college players.
Nash reported he received college offers from schools like Texas Western, North Texas State, St. Louis University and KU. Favoring city life, he was impressed by Dallas, so he enrolled at Dallas Baptist.
Louis before professional games. They and the Vashon high coaches encouraged him to attend KU. In addition, Jo Jo White, his high school friend, was starting at guard for the Jayhawks.
When the time came to choose a place to play major college basketball, Nash remembered the times he visited with Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Bridges, former KU stars, as they practiced in St.
This summer, Nash, besides working in a testing laboratory for a St. Louis steel company, practiced indoors and out, whenever he could get his hands on a basketball. On Oct. 15, he reported to practice at KU.
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After graduation, Nash said he might be interested in playing professional ball. However, above all else, he would like to be a social worker with children in slum districts, possibly even coaching them.
"I figure people helped encourage me when I was young. Maybe I can help someone," Nash said.
Women scholars to receive honors
The Inter-Residence Council will honor upperclass women outstanding in scholarship at a tea at 2 p.m. Sunday in Lewis Hall.
Women living in residence halls who received a 2.5 grade point average or better last semester will hear a speech by Marilyn Stokstad, professor of art history.
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We leave out the radiator. So the engine will never boil over or freeze and leave you stranded somewhere. (Don't worry. It's air-cooled.)
We leave out the water hoses and water pump, too. Still fewer parts to break down and leave you stranded.
We leave out the drive shaft. You know: the long bulky thing that transfers power from the engine up front to the drive wheels in back. (Always losing a little power along the way.)
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